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Monday, January 14, 2013

Ice Water and Open Spaces

After a couple of days of unseasonably warm weather, winter is back in northern Illinois. We've had almost no snow this winter, but it's turned cold again. Mother Nature doesn't want us Midwesterners to get soft, after all. I thought I'd share a few wintry shots I made today.

I stopped by a forest preserve and was rewarded with the sight of ice floating down the river.

The barren fields certainly look cold and bleak, don't they?

I actually love to drive in the country when everything is frozen and bare. There is nothing quite like rocketing down small country roads crusted with snow and being able to see forever across the wide open spaces.

Gosh it looks so cold but impressive. I think the last time I saw a frozen lake.....no pond was when I was a child....we (all us kids) thought it was great fun that is until the farmer fenced it off tut!!!

Although I really don't like the hassle of snow, the transport disruption, etc. I have to admit that your photos are beautiful. I particularly like the ice floating down the river, and would enjoy seeing that myself on a walk.

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I'm a Southern girl who moved to the Midwest and never left. I like to read, cook, knit, and garden. I compost. I live in a circa 1902 house, painted the color of sunshine. I like old movies, most kinds of music, and NPR. I have a terrific family and a goofy golden retriever named Alfie.